Thiago Motta speaks to Dazn after the draw against Venezia. His words:
You’ve done phase 1, fixing the defense, phase 2, consolidating possession, now the last 30 meters phase is a bit missing. Do you feel it evolving?
“That part of the pitch is certainly the most difficult… or that takes longer to improve, because it is the phase where the difference is made, because there are less spaces, less playing time, you have to think much more fast, you have to do things with a different speed, with a different change of pace. We did well when we found spaces. When we have to play against teams that leave little space, we saw again tonight that we have a bit of difficulty.”
There were a lot of boos today. What are your thoughts on this situation?
“I think it’s normal, because frustration exists on everyone’s part, the first players, because they know perfectly well that we can do better. We must remain united, together and already think about changing history about the next match. History says that when we find ourselves However, teams that attack less or that don’t need the result as much and we have to take the initiative, we have a little more difficulty due to the things I said before: there are less spaces, less playing time and we have to get there well in those areas of the game and close the game today ahead, it got a little better, but we weren’t able to close it out.”
Given the ranking, how much does the distance from the top places weigh even on a subconscious level?
“Yes, looking at the ranking today is not the best thing we can do because we do not want and must not remain in the position we occupy today, because we have much more level to be higher. Our reality is not that, each of us must concentrate on doing our job well, to the maximum, starting from the next match. We can only do this, day after day, work well, to the maximum, do what we have to do, enter the field, from match to match, change these results. Today the criticisms are fair because we are not where we should be at the moment.”
Is it unthinkable to think of getting even closer up front? Going back to talking about the Scudetto…. 9 points are a lot….
“Yes, but before we never talked about the Scudetto, we always talked from game to game. It’s missing a lot, there are many games missing, we have to start immediately from the next game, from the next training session, to do things well, in the right way and only in this way we can change this situation. If we think about the rankings and the future, we will lose our present, we will lose the things we need to do right now to find ourselves in the future in the future in the positions we want to find ourselves in.”
Vlahovic very angry at the end. What happened?
“It happened that in the end the public has the freedom to express their emotions, their sensations, the boy is the first who wants to change the situation. These are things that have already happened, that happen and we hope that in the future it will also happen change. The fans have the freedom to express themselves, but think about you, in your job, who maybe do something or say something that I don’t want to hear on television, they show up outside to insult you: I think you wouldn’t like it who first wants to change the situation, the public has the freedom to express their emotions and sensations, the important thing is to remain united for the good of Juventus which is what we all want.”
